Special thanks to @Ashmaker000 for the technical help, next update I will drop two .zip's one for skins and the other for the main mod. Carbon-Kevlar unpainted skin. This is what an J58 looks like without paint. You can see the bare carbon-kevlar weave. Still have some kinks to work out with the OLD and unoptimized UV map, but I will include all the files needed for you guys to make your own skins if you so wish. I cannot release, yet, and no release date at this time. Just know I am working periodically in the background.
I love the mod! I play with it for a long time, especially the police version, but can you add real mirrors ? cause when you do police chase having just a black rectangle as a mirror it's kinda annoying. Still an amazing mod
Still working on the middle one. I've gotta add in its own mirror class. The other two are functional, but they have some smoothing errors on the mirrors' side that is hardly noticeable I cannot iron out. So there is that. It works. Edit: All 3 are now functional
Hey I know you already said no custom parts, but what about that one very specific "J58" with the chopped top?
Unless you know how to model, the car would look like shit. It would need custom parts. The model is, by today's standards, Low poly. It would not look right.
This is the best I can do without modelling It looks like crap. Again, if anyone wants to model body kits, or donate money to get a pro to model custom car parts then have a pro modder jbeam it, there is no way for me to change anymore with the exterior of the car.
OH MY GOD. This is possibly one of my favorite mods now. This is a wonderful fricking car you got here!
Yeah....the only major problem it has is the collision model absolutely sucks. I am hoping someone takes it upon themselves to remake it from scratch, or at least, off a better collision model and morph it to the body. Kinda like what I did when I revamped the mod to PBR HD textures and improved the handling and feel of the car. Most people who can and know how, don't want to, though. --- Post updated --- Welp, someone has uploaded this mod to Modland and didn't credit anyone that the assets are from OR me. Such disrespect. I don't mind they uploaded it there so much as they didn't credit anybody that made the model, textures, jbeam, NOTHING. It is very rude. If they credit everyone that I have and me, then I guess it isn't the worst thing they uploaded it on Modland, but they probably won't. I've sent a pull request, but I don't know if it will be removed. Remember everyone, not crediting people/game studios is stealing. Don't steal!
So, it looks like they Modland team is going to ignore my pull request because I didn't provide proof that I had permission for the assets used. So apparently on their site, it is OK to not credit anyone because the person who originally uploaded the content didn't have specific permission as well. That is worse in my opinion. The people who made the assets or worked on them deserve credit. Just remember everyone: There are people who don't credit anyone, steal content and give the community a bad name. Maybe I am no better, but at least I credited the people/games I got the assets from. If I receive a request by their legal representatives to remove the mod, I will. However, I am under the impression that as long as credit is given, I don't think the game dev's care that someone used assets from their game. Many people have uploaded mods in the past using assets from the games I used, and the game dev's never asked for them to be removed. When and if they do request such, I will comply. I believe the community enjoying content that is credited and not misused doesn't hurt the original content of the game or the dev's work. Maybe I am wrong, but that is what I believe. --- Post updated --- By the way, I found a good modeller that is willing to create a brand new model from scratch He says it would take probably 2 months and estimates $1,500 USD or possibly more depending on the amount of time it takes. Unless people want to band together and create a gofundme or something, we cannot get a new model made.
I think I am done releasing. People keep putting the mod up on shady sites and they are getting viruses, giving a bad name to the mod and the people that made all the assets. Improper credits are being given, or none at all. The developers that made the model and other assets deserve proper credit. They are not getting it. I am done. I am discontinuing support as well. The mod works in its current state as long as you install it correctly, and you don't have an old, pirated version. Congrats, you've killed it. I am keeping it to myself from now on, and only sharing with people I trust. You wonder why people don't want to release personal projects to BeamNG? It's because the community is toxic. They have no concept of intellectual property or integrity. I don't want to be sued. Be happy it was released and updated to this state. I am keeping it up for now, but I don't know if I will choose to keep it up. This was a passion project that I put together in my free time when I wasn't working at my job. People seem to want to download the mod from virus ridden sites, then let them, but I am not releasing any more updates to this mod. I am done releasing my personal projects to the public.
Well, I respect your decision, it sucks that this is how the mod ends but people dug their own grave.
First off, I respect your decision. That being said though, it's people's own fault for not going to the original source. A lot of mod creators are subject to getting their stuff reuploaded and riddled with viruses, so you're not alone. I would encourage you to keep working on this instead as it's something people have been waiting for and you've done an amazing job so far, don't let a bunch of horrible websites bring down what you've done. It isn't your fault people go out there to get the same mod you can get here - a safe, official place. While this is simply an encouragement to carry on developing this further to perfection, if it does end up being the final nail in the coffin, thank you for giving life to a legend in this game.
